Category Archives: Paris Climate Accord

Talk is Cheap Mr. Zeldin

Posted on February 28, 2018 by David Posnett

From James Ewing:  A reminder of where Lee Zeldin stands on the environment.  The Scorecard as per the League of Conservation Voters. To get the specifics on each vote go their website and click on the “vote name”: http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/lee-zeldin Green … Continue reading →

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Zeldin Boasting about Environment Record?

Posted on January 2, 2018 by David Posnett

Recently Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), co-chair of the Long Island Sound Caucus and founding member of the “Congressional Estuary Caucus”, was joined by EPA Regional Administrator Pete Lopez, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Regional Director Carrie Meek … Continue reading →

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Miami under Water – for Good!

Posted on November 4, 2017 by David Posnett

Just heard from a friend regarding United Nations conference in Geneva (Switzerland). Pretty devastating UN report. Even action on climate change NOW will not prevent the predicted devastation as the lag time is too great. Here is the link. You can … Continue reading →

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A Golden Opportunity for Carbon Fees

Posted on October 12, 2017 by David Posnett

From: John Andrews Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:01 PM Dear Long Island East CCLers (Citizens’ Climate Lobby), Now that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency has gutted President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, it is a perfect opportunity to ask … Continue reading →

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More Bad Zeldin Environmental Votes

Posted on October 12, 2017 by David Posnett

By Marc Rauch and Chelsea Estevez Since our last update in late August, fourteen bills impacting the environment have come before the House of Representatives. Lee Zeldin took the anti-environment position on 12 out of 14 of these recent bills. … Continue reading →

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Oceans in Peril

Posted on September 19, 2017 by David Posnett

Title image from Oceans of Acid. By Judith S. Weis  OpEd in the East Hampton Star Sept. 14, 2017 While some politicians claim that climate change is a hoax, and climate scientists try to refine their models and forecasts of … Continue reading →

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Schizophrenia in the East Hampton GOP

Posted on June 8, 2017 by David Posnett

Published in The East End Beacon, June 8, 2017 To the Editor:   Reg Cornelia’s recent outbursts lay bare the schizophrenia afflicting the East Hampton GOP. Most recently, on behalf of the EH GOP, he viciously and misleadingly denounced the … Continue reading →

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Macron invites Americans upset over Trump exit from climate pact to find a ‘second homeland’

Posted on June 7, 2017 by David Posnett

by Margaret Menge | Updated 06 Jun 2017 at 6:06 AM French President Emmanuel Macron is offering refuge to American liberals upset at President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. In a video posted to Twitter, … Continue reading →

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A Crazy Man for President

Posted on June 7, 2017 by David Posnett

OK, it took all of four months, but I think it’s been pretty well established by now: we’ve elected a crazy man for President.  Not that for most of us there were any doubts on that score on November 9th … Continue reading →

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The World Reacts To The US Abandoning the Paris Accord

Posted on June 5, 2017 by David Posnett

Half a dozen world leaders lambasted Mr. Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement this week sent shockwaves through global diplomacy. Former policy experts warned that Trump’s decision to divorce the US from the … Continue reading →

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